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Beth Macy, a journalist and author of books including Dopesick, is the Democratic nominee for Virginia's 6th congressional district in 2026, facing Republican incumbent Ben Cline in the November general election.
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The article “Countdown: Showing Up. Doing the work.” from Daily Kos highlights local political activity and candidate efforts in Michigan, listing several candidates and groups involved in upcoming elections.
Beth Macy is the subject of a reader letter urging voters to support her in the Virginia-06 House race, contrasting her with Ben Cline who is marketed as the “common sense” choice and labeling Macy as the “crazy”…
Beth Macy in VA-06: The page is part of a “Meet the Candidates” series by WHSV, featuring an interview/profile of Beth Macy, a candidate in Virginia’s 6th Congressional District race.
The Rocktown Now article covers a GOP event “Oysters with Obenshain” featuring U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, Senate candidate Bert Mizusawa, and former Attorney General Jason Miyares.
In the 6th Congressional District (Winchester to Roanoke), incumbent Republican Ben Cline and challenger Beth Macy are both proposing a moratorium or pause on data centers as part of their campaigns.
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Beth Macy grew up in Urbana, Ohio, the daughter of a factory worker, Sarah Macy Slack, and a housepainter father. As the first in her family to attend college, she received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University in 1986. In 1993 she earned a master's degree in creative writing from Hollins University in Hollins, Virginia. Macy lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with her husband, Tom Landon, and they have two adult children.
Macy worked as a reporter for The Roanoke Times from 1989 to 2014, winning national honors for reporting on race, immigrants and refugees, caregiving for the elderly and teen pregnancy.
She was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University in 2010 and named a Guggenheim Fellow for General Non-Fiction in 2023. She is the author of five books, including Factory Man (2014), Truevine (2016), Dopesick (2018) and Paper Girl (2025).
Dopesick, an account of America's opioid crisis, was shortlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and Macy was an executive producer and co-writer of an eight-episode Hulu series based on the book, sharing a USC Scripter Award with Danny Strong in 2022.
Paper Girl, a memoir about her hometown, was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography.
Beth Macy announced on November 18, 2025, that she would run as a Democrat for Virginia's 6th congressional district, which covers the Shenandoah Valley along Interstate 81 and is anchored by Roanoke and Salem.
She became the Democratic nominee after four other candidates, including former state delegate Wendy Gooditis and 2024 nominee Ken Mitchell, withdrew. The seat is held by Republican Ben Cline, who was re-elected in 2024 with 63.1% of the vote.
On October 2, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added the district to its target list. Macy faces Cline in the general election on November 3, 2026.
